16And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.


In Context

13 Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid, though I am not like to one of thy handmaidens.

14 And Boaz said to her, At meal-time come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left.

15 And when she had risen to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

17 So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out that which she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

18 And she took it, and went into the city: and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her what she had reserved after she was satisfied.

Ruth 2:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Rather, pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don't rebuke her."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And let fall also [some] of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave [them,] that she may glean [them,] and rebuke her not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And let fall some of your handfuls of purpose, and leave them, that she may gather them without shame, and let no man rebuke her when she gathereth them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16And ye shall also sometimes draw out for her some ears out of the handfuls, and leave them that she may glean, and rebuke her not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don't rebuke her.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16and also ye do surely cast to her of the handfuls — and have left, and she hath gleaned, and ye do not push against her.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.